Report: Western pressure halted Fayyad resignation
Jewish Journal
April 12, 2013
The United States and Europe are pushing to tamp down an internal Palestinian power struggle, Palestinian sources say.
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Palestinian Authority blames Gaza for deficit mess
Jewish Journal
April 11, 2012
Paying for the upkeep of the Gaza Strip while its political rival actively blocks revenues flowing back is taking its toll on the deficit-racked Palestinian Authority.
Netanyahu, Fayyad to meet later this month
Jewish Journal
April 4, 2012
The Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers will meet later this month, officials said on Wednesday, but the rare talks may only sharpen differences that have brought peace negotiations to a standstill.
Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government
Jewish Journal
February 6, 2012
The leaders of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a deal in Qatar on Monday to form a unity government of independent technocrats for the West Bank and Gaza, headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Prime Minister Fayyad: ‘Unity and Non-violence’ requisites for statehood
Jewish Journal
November 29, 2011
With skepticism rife over a Fatah-Hamas rapprochement and the Hamas demand to replace him, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, the man credited with energizing the movement toward statehood and the man Western governments want holding the PA’s purse strings, discusses the pending issues with Friedson Friedson, President and CEO of The Media Line news agency, at his Ramallah office. Below is the first of two sessions between Prime Minister Fayyad and Ms. Friedson.
Fatah, Hamas agree to establish caretaker government without Palestinian PM Fayyad
Jewish Journal
November 16, 2011
Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed to hold elections next May and are due to establish a caretaker government in the coming weeks which will exclude Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, Palestinian sources said Tuesday.
Israel cuts tax payments to Palestinian Authority
Jewish Journal
November 4, 2011
Israel has suspended $100 million in tax payments to the Palestinian Authority.
Fayyad will speak to task force, despite split
Jewish Journal
October 17, 2011
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is still scheduled to address the American Task Force on Palestine even though the PLO has cut off the group for not backing its statehood push.
Cash-strapped Palestinians cut pay in half for September
Jewish Journal
September 6, 2011
The Palestinian Authority will pay only half wages this month, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Tuesday, the second time in three months it has taken such a step because of a financial crisis it blames on donors failing to provide promised funds.
Hamas rejects Fayyad nomination for prime minister
Jewish Journal
June 12, 2011
The Hamas-Fatah reconciliation appeared to be in jeopardy after Hamas rejected Fatah\’s nominee for prime minister, Salam Fayyad.
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